Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the study of using _____ for human benefit.
What is living organisms, or products of living organisms?
Which is the control group?
a. People receiving the sugar pill (placebo) for cancer testing.
b. People receiving a drug that exposes cancer cells to radiation.
What is a. People receiving the sugar pill (placebo) for cancer testing?
Bonus Question: What type of group do you call b. People receiving a drug that exposes cancer cells to radiation?
1. What does SOP stand for?
2. What does SDS stand for?
3. What does PPE stand for?
1. Standard Operating Procedure.
2. Safety Data Sheet.
3. Personal Protective Equipment.
Which is poor laboratory practices?
a. wiping your benchtop down before and after.
b. taking a picture of the analytical balance.
c. recording data at that point in time.
d. disposing contaminated gloves in the biohazard waste container.
b. taking a picture of the analytical balance?
An atom that is primarily responsible for a compound being classified as organic.
What is Carbon?
1. Biotechnology department involved in documentation.
2. Biotechnology department involved in testing the products.
1. What is quality assurance (QA)?
2. What is quality control (QC)?
There are three types of variables in an experiment. Independent variable, dependent variable, and _____.
What is confounding variables?
"C" in the acronym ALCOAC
What is Contemporaneous?
Bonus Question: What does contemporaneous mean?
What is the OSHA law?
Right to know law.
Subatomics found in the nucleus.
What are protons and neutrons?
Not involved in characteristics of life.
a. responds to stimuli
b. displays order
c. can reproduce
d. has DNA and a lipid membrane envelope
What is d. has DNA and a lipid membrane envelope?
The "R" in the acronym REALM.
What is repetition?
The difference between a lab protocol and an SOP.
A lab protocol outlines the steps for conducting an experiment, while a SOP specifies how to carry out a procedure consistently and correctly each time.
The blue label in the NFPA diamond.
What are the health hazards?
Type of bond holds one water molecule together.
What is polar covalent bond?
The process by which living organisms maintain or regulate a stable internal environment despite changes in the external surroundings.
What is homeostasis?
Name of charge that polar molecules have.
What is partial charge?
Your target pipet volume is 20mL and pipet the following values:
8ml,9ml,8.2ml,8.7ml,10ml
What am I?
What is precise but not accurate?
A symbol that conveys information about potential hazards and dangers.
What is a pictogram?
Level of protein structure that gives the protein its 3D structure.
What is tertiary structure?
DNA that contains comes from at least two different sources.
What is recombinant DNA?
Reason for why water doesn't mix with Octane Oil.
What is difference of polarity?
You want to create 500mL of a 8% agarose solution. How much water should you add?
460mL of water added with 40g of agarose.
Explain why leaving your lab coat unbuttoned is a safety hazard.
Can get caught on equipment or surfaces, exposing your clothing underneath and increasing the risk of contamination to you and your experiment.
Four molecules of life and their monomers.
What are Carbohydrates (monosaccharides), Proteins (amino acids), Lipids (*glycerol & fatty acids*), and Nucleic Acids (nucleotides)?